FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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In general, it involves the ruin of the leading characters
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Lighter drama in which the leading characters overcome the difficulties
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Dramatizes historical events
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In general, tragedy involves the ruin of the leading characters. To the Greeks, it meant the destruction of some noble person through fate. To the Elizabethans, it meant in the first place death and in the second place the destruction of some noble person through a flaw in his character.
Detailed explanation-2: -tragedy, branch of drama that treats in a serious and dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by a heroic individual. By extension the term may be applied to other literary works, such as the novel.
Detailed explanation-3: -What is Tragedy? Tragedy is a genre of story in which a hero is brought down by his/her own flaws, usually by ordinary human flaws – flaws like greed, over-ambition, or even an excess of love, honor, or loyalty.
Detailed explanation-4: -Tragedy (from the Greek: , tragōidia) is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character. Traditionally, the intention of tragedy is to invoke an accompanying catharsis, or a “pain [that] awakens pleasure", for the audience.
Detailed explanation-5: -Born of a noble birth. With some kind of imperfection that makes them human and relatable. They have been wounded by some traumatic experience. They have a fatal flaw. Their fatal flaw leads to some kind of realization. They meet a significant downfall. 11-Dec-2022